New book: State and Nation-Building in Europe
Professor Frank Aarebrot and research assistant Kjetil Evjen recently published a new introductory-level text book on European state and nation-building, based on Aarebrot鈥檚 lectures.
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State and Nation-Building in Europe
Among听students at the Department of Comparative Politics Professor Frank Aarebrot鈥檚 lectures on European state and nation-building usually rank听among the most interesting and inspiring ones. These lectures are now collected and published in the introductory-level text book Land, makt og f酶lelser, co-authored by research assistant Kjetil Evjen and published by Fagbokforlaget.
The book addresses the conceptualization of state and state-building, identity, nation and nation-building 听as well as current challenges to the nation-state. While the nation-state is still the conventional way of territorial organization, globalization has lead some to question the relevance of the nation-state idea in the modern era.
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For听the general public and students
The Norwegian-language book is written for the general public audience, but will be of particular interest to political science students. It will听appear on the required readings list for students in comparative politics at the University of Bergen in the spring semester of 2015.
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